Black Hawk Down Summary

A “Black Hawk” is a very advanced, expensive and deadly military helicopter and the title of the movie explains what the “goal” of the plot was. Once the one hundred elite U.S. soldiers dropped into Somalia they were almost instantly fired upon. A rocket was actually shot at one of the black hawks while a soldier was preparing to descend to its target but to dodge the missile the helicopter had to jar itself …

…land for evacuation. All in all, I thought this was a very good movie. It may have been a bit too long, and a little too gory to my taste, but it brings a much sharper picture of what war is about, and how it works. Actors Josh Hartnett and Eric Bana did a great job of making the movie seem very realistic, and helped to personalize the soldiers so they weren’t just machines.